noleggiare un'auto
To rent a car in Italian is to say noleggiare un'auto.
Affittare un'auto is the standard way to say "rent a car" in Italian.
Which one should you use?
The verb noleggiare is used specifically for renting items like cars, equipment or tools, whereas affittare is more commonly used for renting property like houses or apartments.
How does it change in a sentence?
The apostrophe in un'auto is required because auto is a feminine noun starting with a vowel, so the indefinite article una is elided to un'.
Did you know?
- The verb noleggiare derives from the archaic term nolo, which historically referred to the fee paid to a ship captain for transporting goods.
- When you noleggiare something, you are paying for the use of the object, whereas leasing is used in Italian business contexts for a financial contract to eventually own the car.
- The suffix -eggiare in noleggiare is a common feature in Italian verbs that describe a repetitive or systematic action related to a noun.
Examples in context
- Io devo noleggiare un'auto.I need to rent a car.This sentence shows how to express the need to use the phrase noleggiare un'auto.Tatoeba #5833661 by Guybrush88, translation #5467662 by CK
- Io vorrei noleggiare un'auto.I'd like to rent a car.This sentence shows how to express a desire to use the phrase noleggiare un'auto.Tatoeba #1668602 by Guybrush88, translation #29477 by CK
- Ho dovuto noleggiare un'auto.I had to rent a car.This sentence shows how to express a past necessity involving the phrase noleggiare un'auto.Tatoeba #6727404 by Guybrush88, translation #3670536 by mykolas
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Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries noleggiare, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
